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OTW is definitely on the right track. With approval of the Collegiate Panhellenic Council and/or university administration, an NPC colony can be established in 3 different ways. 1. An established local sorority is absorbed. 2. An interest group is absorbed. 3. From the ground up, where there is no absorption.

In some cases, there is a local sorority or an interest group but they may not have enough people for consideration. Some NPC groups would like the membership numbers to be any where from 25 – 35 or ¾ the size of the largest NPC on campus. This may or may not have been the case at UCSC.